Events

The theme of this year’s conference, as usual, was the creation and development of digital libraries in Poland. This year, however due to the extremely important role of the European Digital Library, Europeana, there was also a special place devoted to this initiative during the meeting. The conference was held from 18th to 22nd October in Poznań.

This year’s International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition was unique in several aspects. Sixteenth edition took place in the year in which we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great Polish composer. A record number of music lovers could keep track of the contest. Live webcast was available on the pages of TVP SA and the National Audiovisual Institute.

Have a look at the photo gallery of otolaryngology surgery which took place in the Department of Otolaryngology of Poznan University of Medical Sciences. Live transmission from the operating room on the Internet was enabled by Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center.

The formation of mechanisms of EU projects related to the ICT industry was a leading topic of the “European Consortia 2011-2012 – development of clustering in Wielkopolska” Conference which was held in Poznań. The conference was organized jointly by the Marshal Office of the Wielkopolska Region, Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center and Wielkopolska ICT Cluster.

Laptops instead of notebooks on school desks? This is not another concept of science fiction film director, but everyday life in gymnasium No. 56 in Poznań. Since September the school has the first in Poznań, and the third in the country, e-class.

On 14 October Internet users will be able to watch a live operation conducted in the Department of Otolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology of University of Medical Sciences in Poznań.

On 27th September in Warsaw took place a meeting initiating project SYNAT, which started 16th August 2010. The goal of this project, funded by the National Center for Research and Development, is to carry out a research task under the title “The creation of a universal, open, repository and communication hosting platform for network knowledge resources for science, education and open society of knowledge”, which is implemented within the Program of Strategic Research, “Interdisciplinary interactive scientific and technical information system “.

The headquarter of Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center and the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAS was visited by 5,000 people, within just a few hours.

On 2nd and 3rd September in Barcelona was held the first official meeting of TF-NOC working group, created under the auspices TERENA. The event was attended by representatives of the various Network Management Centers, including Wiktor Procyk of the PSNC Management Team.

The capabilities of the 4K node in Poznań, together with the process of its creation, were presented during the meeting of the CineGrid organization, whose members include the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center.
Its architecture was introduced in detail and demonstrations were carried out.

On 17th of August 2010, installation of a new DWDM optical transmission system ADVA Optical Networking’s on its own fiber optic lines in relation PIONIER Elbląg – Braniewo – Gronowo was completed. In this way, there is a possibility of connecting o the PIONIER network to the research network in Russia (Kaliningrad). Currently 10 Gbit /s optical channel is available.

The registration for the 7th Task Force Meeting on Archiving has just started, the meeting will be held from 9 -10 September in Poznań. The event is periodically organized by TERENA organization (Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association), this year’s edition is hosted by the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center.